Seder = Order
Our Passover meal is called a Seder, which means "order" in Hebrew, because we go through 14 specific steps as we retell the story of our ancestors' liberation from slavery in Egypt.
1. Kadeish
Kiddush (the blessing over the wine)
2. Urchatz
Ritual hand-washing in preparation for the Seder
3. Karpas
Dipping a green vegetable in salt water
4. Matzah Yachtaz
Breaking the middle matzah
5. Maggid
Telling the story of Passover
6. Rachtza
Ritual hand-washing in preparation for the meal
7. Motzi Matzah
The blessing over the meal and matzah
8. Charoset Maror
Dipping the bitter herb in sweet
9. Koreich
Eating a sandwich of matzah and bitter herb
10. Schulan Oreich
Eating the meal
11. Tzafoon
Finding and eating the Afikomen
12. Bareich
Saying grace after the meal and inviting Elijah the Prophet
13. Hallel
Singing songs that praise God
14. Nirtzah
Ending the Seder and thinking about the future
JewBelong Haggadah
- Introduction
- Commentary / Readings
- Kadesh
- Urchatz
- Karpas
- Yachatz
- -- Four Questions
- -- Four Children
- -- Exodus Story
- -- Ten Plagues
- -- Cup #2 & Dayenu
- Rachtzah
- Motzi-Matzah
- Maror
- Koreich
- Shulchan Oreich
- Tzafun
- Bareich
- Hallel
- Nirtzah
- Songs
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